It's been a while since I have dug around ActiveState's website, but I don't remember seeing the .zip file downloads for their releases of ActivePerl.

Also, I remember seeing individuals in the past ask about a portable version of Perl for Linux, but for some reason, I don't remember anyone providing as much info on how to make any version/distribution of Perl portable like what you provided.

When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you:

Use two parentheses: (Like this: :) )
Use one parenthesis: (Like this: :)
Reverse direction of the smiley: (Like this: (: )
Use angle/square brackets instead of parentheses
Use C-style commenting to set the smiley off from the closing parenthesis
Make the smiley a dunce: (:>
I disapprove of emoticons
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